WordPress Hosting Comparison
One of the original managed WordPress hosts — large enterprise customer base.
Bottom line: WP Engine is the established name in managed WordPress, but its pricing structure includes hidden limits and charges that make it expensive at scale. WP Pro Host offers more transparent pricing on dedicated infrastructure.
£25/mo
Dedicated bare metal · All features included · No traffic limits
WP Engine
£20/mo
AWS / Google Cloud (shared cloud)
| Feature | WP Pro Host | WP Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £25/mo | £20/mo |
| Sites on starter plan | 1 site | 1 site |
| Infrastructure | Dedicated bare metal | Shared AWS/GCP |
| Web server | LiteSpeed Enterprise | Nginx |
| Staging environment | ||
| Free migration | ||
| Daily backups | ||
| CDN included | QUIC.cloud (all plans) | Cloudflare (premium plans only) |
| Malware scanning & removal | Included free | Included |
| Plugin updates | Included free | Not included |
| Vulnerability patching | Included free | Paid add-on |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Traffic overage fees | None | Yes — charged per 1,000 visits over limit |
| eCommerce allowed on starter | ||
| UK-based support | ||
| Published scaling policy | ||
| Price transparency | Full — published policies | Complex — multiple add-ons |
* Competitor information based on published pricing and feature pages. Prices may vary.
Your resources are not shared. Bare-metal Ryzen 9 7950X3D with dedicated vCPUs, ECC RAM, and NVMe RAID -- not a slice of someone else's cloud.
Over £330/mo of tools are bundled into every plan. CDN, WAF, backups, malware scanning, plugin updates -- no itemised add-on invoices.
Published scaling policy, defined resource allocations, no traffic overage charges. You know exactly what you're paying and what you're getting.
Engineers who understand WordPress, available when UK businesses need them. Not a first-line script-reader in a distant time zone.
WP Engine restricts eCommerce to higher-tier plans. WP Pro Host allows WooCommerce on every plan including Launch at £25/mo.
WP Engine's pricing involves visit limits, traffic overage charges, and add-ons (Genesis Pro, Advanced Network, etc.) that can significantly increase your actual monthly cost. WP Pro Host publishes all policies and charges no traffic overages.
WP Engine runs on shared cloud infrastructure (AWS and Google Cloud). WP Pro Host runs on dedicated bare metal, meaning your resources are not shared with other customers.
Yes. WP Pro Host handles all migrations including from WP Engine — DNS, SSL, database, and content — at no cost, completed in under 24 hours.
Free migration included. We handle DNS, SSL, databases, and content. Average migration completed in under 24 hours.